whine
Example Sentences
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People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Katie Miller can whine all she wants, but I have a feeling the kids aren’t listening.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
The howl and whine of the opening few bars of “Chains of Love” conjure images of the ghostly moors, before transforming into a catchy midtempo pop number.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
She’d made such a scene, bursting into the café to whine to Mamá that the girls were picking on her again.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing whine
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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